Achievement Medal

accountability of MTOEd character o committed to excellence by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to Soldiers, while completing 100% of all tasks during Iron Focus, Iron Phoenix, NIE AWA, Iron Resolve and Battalion's ranges. o awarded army achievement medal(AAM) by the Division Commanding General for selfless service during the DMAIN validation. o fostered a…

off air in 2015. Oprah Winfrey launched OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, a cable television channel, in 2011. Winfrey has won many awards, including numerous Daytime Emmy Awards as best talk show host. In 2000, Winfrey was awarded the Spingarn Medal for her achievements in television and publishing. Oprah Winfrey is also an actress. She received an Academy Award nomination as best supporting actress for her film debut in The Color Purple (1985). There are some of Oprah Winfrey’s…

confused, and would go on to decide based on their own personal preference as opposed to actually analyzing it. That’s why asking this question is near impossible to figure out. What is the greatest honor? Let’s begin by looking at challenges and achievements a human being can achieve that are worthy of honor. First, the physical ones. Being the fastest person to run a marathon, 26.2 miles is outstanding, but why stop there? The Ironman triathlon consists of swimming 2.4 miles, biking…

Throughout history there has been many amazing people who have impacted the world of science. From developing or innovating technology to discovering how life functions, they are all life changing contributions that make the world the way it is. One predominant aspect of today's daily life is technological devices; they can be found from pocket size, personalized gadgets to supercomputers used by governments or big corporations. It is difficult to imagine a world without technology, especially…

year, I have the opportunity to express why Elie Wiesel is deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. We all know Elie Wiesel as the Holocaust survivor and as the writer of the memorable memoir Night. However, we have yet to recognize him for his other achievements. Elie Wiesel, the Romanian born American-Jewish activist, is more than a commendable individual, worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, but is also a hero for many. Having served on the Nobel Committee for a number of years, I have seen many…

women in science she was the first one to be awarded with the Nobel Prize in the subject of science. She also won an award in Lemelson-Kit lifetime achievement in 1997 and was very happy. Yet she was granted with another award that was said to be her biggest award that she was presented to. The big award that she was presented to was The National Medal Of Science and was the first women to be included into the National Inventors Hall Of Fame. Elion had achieved many accomplishments and was very…

Altruistic Behaviors “My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight,” George R.R. Martin. In the film “Forrest Gump,” directed by Robert Zemeckis, a fictional character goes through a long journey, while displaying a wide variety…

accepted the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the Nazi’s regime’s highest medal for a foreigner? Henry Ford may have been the first to make an affordable and reliable car for America, and many people looked up to him for it, so did the Nazi’s, but they looked up to him for a different reason. He wrote and published anti-Semitic writings. Henry also expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Germany. Ford accepted many achievements, some were not ones that people would be proud of and others…

Five runners are running a race. When the first runner crosses the finish line he is the victor and receives the gold medal, and, ideally, subsequent finishers get silver and bronze medals in the order they arrive. In today’s society there is a trend away from this age old practice of crowning a winner, now people receive awards and commendation for nothing more than showing up to a competition. Through a complex causal chain, not having a winner or loser, and rewarding participation is a key…

One of the greatest mysteries of the 1996 Olympic summer games in Atlanta, was solved at 28 minutes past midnight the day of the opening ceremony. The crowd went wild when the Olympic torch was handed to Muhammad Ali. Ali, the Olympic gold medal boxer, lifted the torch as the crowd was screaming ‘Ali’. Ali then sent the fire soaring above the stadium to light the ceremonial Olympic cauldron. This moment was one of the greatest of many sports fans, considering all the tragedy he has been through,…